What a difference 24 hours makes! There is still lots of work to do at McFadden’s Citi Field but it is starting to look like a Monday opening might be possible. Below you’ll see progress on the interior along with tables waiting to be set up and the plasma TV’s being unloaded off the truck.

I am going to steer clear of McFadden’s on Monday because you will have a brand new staff with no training and an overwhelming crowd…recipe for disaster.

In case you haven’t heard, the “Old” Home Run Apple from Shea has been relocated directly to the plaza front of Citi Field. The front of it faces towards the stairs coming down from the Subway & LIRR stations.

McFadden’s has been advertising that they are opening on Opening Day. WFAN’s Boomer & Carton are supposed to be doing HAVE CANCELLED their show from there Monday morning 6-10 AM.

But from what I saw today, I have to wonder if they will make it for Monday.

Not only do they have a TON of construction to finish but then they have to decorate the space, put in tables stools, and chairs, and stock it with food and drinks. They also have to pass NYC inspections. How is that all going to occur by Monday at 6AM? I have to imagine that the NYC inspectors don’t work weekends or at least Sundays at the very least.

These are probably the first of a flurry of changes that will occur before Sunday’s Workout:

First up, the distracting Arpielle ads that are on the left & right side of the CF video board are in the midst of being taken down and relocated to a smaller one in the corner. Here you can see the old one is still up on the back side of the scoreboard along with the new replacement at the bottom:

Here you can see the Arpielle ad already taken down and a new Goya ad has been added:

Metsie is the FIRST with pictures of the brand new Mets Hall Of Fame & Museum at Citi Field. They are still putting the finishing touches on the museum and thus, no memorabilia is currently on display.

I couldn’t get shots of the front room (the first area that you will walk in to from the Jackie Robinson Rotunda) because a Mets security guard wouldn’t let me but I was fortunate to have a worker allow me in the “back door” (the revolving door that used to be the Team Store entrance to the street). So these pictures are just a taste of what the public will see starting Sunday at the Open Workout for Season & Plan ticket holders.

First up, a picture of what you will see from the plaza area. This is in one of the windows that used be part of the Mets team store, featuring the 1969 team:

Next, is a Darryl Strawberry window, also formerly a Team Store window It reads “Darryl Starwberry Mets All Time Home Run & RBI Leader”: